Military Justice

The first- and second-in-command of a Norfolk-based dock landing ship were relieved of their duties Tuesday after causing more than $2.5 million in damages to their vessel, the Navy said. Cmdr. Thomas Goudreau and executive officer Cmdr. John Fleming were found to have violated two articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, failure to obey an order of regulation and hazarding a vessel, during non-judicial punishment proceedings, according to a statement from Naval Surface Forces Atlantic. Around 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 6, the USS Tortuga ran into and dislodged the Thimble Shoals buoy while en route to an anchorage off the Virginia coast, according to the statement. The ship,...

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